This document provides an overview and agenda for a webinar on upgrading from HCL Notes 32-bit clients to 64-bit clients. It discusses the key differences and challenges including increased memory limits, changes to file paths, and ensuring compatibility with third-party add-ons. The presentation covers how to properly uninstall 32-bit clients, prepare the data directory, and install Notes 12.0.2 64-bit. It also notes potential issues like comparing platform types and declaring function calls may need adjustments for 64-bit. Maintaining compatibility with add-ons like MarvelClient and templates is also addressed.

1. Make Your Data Work For You
All You Need to Know About
HCL Notes 64-Bit Clients
January 24th, 2023

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4. Agenda
• A closer look into HCL Notes 64-Bit
• Upgrading from Notes 32-Bit to Notes 64-Bit
• Domino application design challenges
• Third-party add-in dependencies

5. Make Your Data Work For You
A closer look into HCL Notes 64 Bit

6. • Wish of many customers and partners
• State of the art - technology
• As soon as there are only 64-bit clients, there might be other
improvements like
– 4 GB → >18 EB (18 billion GB) or just 16 GB ;-)
Advantages / Why HCL Notes 64-Bit

7. • This is only a
disadvantage:
Memory
→ Citrix, Windows Terminal Server (and VDI)
+/- a factor of 2
• Transaction load unknown
or possibly negligible
Changes 32 → 64 Bit
32 Bit
64 Bit

8. Changes 32 → 64 Bit (cont.)
32 Bit
64 Bit

9. • (Memory)
• Program folder
− C:Program Files (x86)HCLNotes
→ C:Program FilesHCLNotes
• COM Objekte
− https://domino-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas/DDXP-I-324
− https://techtalk.gfi.com/32bit-object-64bit-environment/
− Guidelines in updating applications to run on the 64-bitversion of HCL Notes 12.0.2
(hcltechsw.com)
• Registry
− HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWOW6432NodeLotusNotes
→ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARELotusNotes
• Note: Notes 32-bitInstaller can’tdetect Notes 64-bitclients
Changes 32 → 64 Bit (cont.)

10. • NICE64 (nice64.exe)
– Notes_12.0.2_Win_64bit_EnglishUtilityNotesCustomizationKit_1_0.zip
– Can (currently) only detect 64-bit clients “completely”
▪ Run nice64.exe first and then nice.exe afterwards
– A future Nice”96”.exe version, which detects and cleans 32- and 64-bit clients,is
possible but not decided by HCL yet.
Changes 32 → 64 Bit (cont.)

11. The best software is experiencing challenges if big changes where
made.
HCL Kbase stated some development topics for Notes 64-Bit.
Challenges with HCL Notes 64-Bit

12. Is this a showstopper for the HCL Notes 12.0.2 64-Bit?
NO!
and FP1 is already planned
Challenges with HCL Notes 64-Bit (cont.)

13. Make Your Data Work For You
Upgrading from Notes 32-Bit to Notes 64-Bit

14. In general we do not recommend an in-place upgrade for a client
install.In case of an upgrade of a 32-bit Notes client this isn´t even
possible.
The following steps are needed to move from:
HCL/IBM Notes 32-bit client → HCL Notes 12.0.2 64 Bit
Upgrading Notes 32-Bit to Notes 12.0.2 64-Bit

15. Step 1: Do a complete Backup of your Data Directory and notes.ini
Step 2: Use the nice tool to uninstallthe existing Notes Client.
(it is mandatory to use the nice.exe which comes with
a 32-Bit Notes Client.)
Upgrading Notes 32-Bit to Notes 12.0.2 64-Bit (cont.)

16. Step 3: Prepare your Data directory.
If you install a multiuserclient, the data folder can stay
at the old position. But we recommend to move the Data
folder to the new default location
%LocalAppData%HCLNotesData
If you moved your Data directory, keep in mind to check
your notes.ini for folder and directory changes as well.
Upgrading Notes 32-Bit to Notes 12.0.2 64-Bit (cont.)

17. Step 4: Install Notes 12.0.2 64-Bit
Pick the prepared folder if needed during the installation.
After the installation and if all checks of the notes.ini are made,
Notes is ready for a first start.
See here for HCL “Notes 9.0.x to Notes 12.0.2 64-bit upgrade
installation instructions” document:
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0102196
Upgrading Notes 32-Bit to Notes 12.0.2 64-Bit (cont.)

18. or use
Upgrading Notes 32-Bit to Notes 12.0.2 64-Bit (cont.)

19. Make Your Data Work For You
Domino application design challenges

20. • Find and add code that compares whether
NotesSession.Platform = “Windows/32“ → will not work on 64-bit
• Or even LCase$(Left$(NotesSession.Platform,3))=“win”
• The latter ensures that the code runs on 64-bit
BUT: the code may have to be adapted for 64-bit
LotusScript Code

21. • Declare Function Calls
– Calls of Notes or operating system functions
– “All” pointer and type variables must be checked and adjusted if necessary
– Usually Long → Double (32 → 64-bit)
– The good news
• Almost all of Notes own calls DO NOT haveto be changed
• DB and Window Handles are not pointers
– The bad news
• Which calls use pointers → Microsoftdocumentation/Google, call by call
• Some OS functions still return a double for handles (e.g. GetActiveWindow)
▪ However, such values ​​may then have to be passed to other functions viaCLng(Var).
LotusScript Code (cont.)

22. • Declare Function Calls
– ({|||"|')win[A-Z-/2-6]*({|||"|’)
– declare function.*as long
– end type.*declare function
LotusScript Code (cont.)

23. • Declare Function Calls
LotusScript Code (cont.)

24. https://www.panagenda.com/idna-applications/

25. LotusScript Code (cont.)

26. Make Your Data Work For You
Third-party add-in dependencies

27. • Notes.ini
– EXTMGR_Addins=…
– NSF_HOOKS=…
– AddinMenu=…
• Examples
− Panagenda Marvel ClientEssentials and licensed:since GA/12.0.53
− Templates > 20220930 ; MarvelClient Upgrade since 12.0.32
− Ytria EZ Suite since V20
− TeamstudioDeveloper Tools 64-bit Beta currentlyongoing
− Adobe? Salesforce? SAP? McAfee? Symantec?
3rd Party products
MarvelClientAnalyze

28. • MarvelClient Upgrade will remain in 32bit architecture (for now)
– But of course it also works for 64-bitupgrade projectand WITH/INSIDE a Notes 64-Bitclient
• MCSupportHelper: New Version available → 4.0.1
– https://www.panagenda.com/kbase/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=55247160
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